New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-05-08
STALLS IN PLACE OFKENNELS
THE BIG DAIRY SHOW FILLS THE GARDEN.
ACTIVE PREPARATIONS FOR THE OPENING Day


SOME OF THE OWNERS AND ENTRIES.
Madison Square Garden will be turned Into big dairy
farm next Tuesday for the opening OF the New-York
Dairy and Cattle Show, exhibition in charge OF
number OF highly distinguished farmers which promises
10 bring together unusually large and fine collection
OF mitch cows, and offers incidentally some startling
novelties in the way of prre butter, milk, cheese and
cream The show will not be- as many people nave
understood general Only the four dairy breeds
the Jerseys, Guernseys Holseins and Ayrshires-wil
compete The beefmakng classes shorthorns, Durhams
and the rest ruled out by the terms OF entry To
make the show complete all sorts OF dairy and creamery
appliances Will be added, and machinery enough
Will be put In the Garden to turn
Eve tons OF milk into cheese and butter
each day The show will practically through the
week. beginning Tuesday morning and ending on
Saturday night Premiums amounting to $4,000 In cash
will be distributed among the four breeds of cows, ana
good deal OF silver plate has been put up by wealthy
cattle special prizes Four hundred and eighty
three entries OF live stock have been made and more than
enough dairy products and appliances have been offered
to nh the floor and galleries OF the big Garden.
Edward Burnett OF southboro. Mass, Congressman
elect from the Xth Massachusetts, District and expert
and large OF booded cattle has come down to take
general charge Of the show John Holly OF New York,
has the Jersey entries 10 look aer; f. Bowditch, OF
Franington Mass the Guernseys Gerritt g. Miller OF
Peterboro. NJ " the Holsteins; and Francis H. Apple
ton, OF Boston, the Ayrshres On the general board OF
management such well-known dairy farmers as T.
sloan c. Lanier, II. A. c. Taylor, W. s. Webb. W. d.
sloane, LeGrand b. Cannon D. l. swan, jr, j. NJ Water
bury, T. ~ Howell, W. X. Vanderbilt, Frederic Bron
son. j. PcrpOnt Morgan, Adrian Iselin, James stlman.
W. =. Douglass, f. C. Stevens n Borland, A. j. Cassatt
The dogs left over from last weeks bench show had
scarcely got out OF The Garden yesterday afternoon pc
fore work the dairy farm began The dog Kennels
pulled down and the flooring cleared away for the
cattle stalls The mich coTsma6out 200 10 owil DO
den. The one hundred odd bulls will have to stand
along the sides. James stilnan has volunteered TO
build rustic cottage fifteen by twenty feet and one
story HIGH In the middle OF the big ROOM for private
gentlcman's dairy. Two English dary-mads Will make
butter and cheese here after the fashion on the landed
estates OF Great Britain.
packers patent refgeraors ard buttertubs viii be on
exhibition at the Fourthave. end OF the building Dig
and butter and cheese may ground here Ia endless
The butertubs and cheeses will be put in the
this part OF the show On the main floor Of the Garden,
at the Madson-ave end highcass milk and cream will
quanted with two new beverages can Indulge at smau
cost
with three prizes for each class j. o. Magic 4 sons H.
H. Q. Watson, obadiah Brown l. s Drew and s. W. Wells
the principal owners six herds Will compete for
Ten CLASSES OF Guernseys are entered the prize be-
Ing again $3.50. T. n. Howell. A. J. Cassat Francis
shaw j. W. Fuller, Mrs. e. +. Taber Wlletts and L. W.
Iedyard are some of the prominent Guernsey owners.
There are nine classes OF Holsteins entered. Smith
Powell & Lamb, and James Nelson, have herd apiece
T. c. Stevens has herds These three owners VIII
probably catch nearly all the Holsten prizes.
The Jerseys naturally show best OF all In the entry
list Eleven herds Will compete Tor the you PrlZe ana
there are dozen entries IN nearly every one OF the
nine single. COW classes. The herd owners are Oscar
Ricklefsen w. II. Corning, OF Cleveland. n member or
the Standard oil Company James Stllman, New york.
John d. Wing, the Green Mountain Stock Farm Com
pany, OF Vermont; George and II. b. Cromwell, the
William T. Douglass and Frederic Bronson, Ncw-IOrk
Theodore A Hayemeyer, the wellknOwn sugar renner,
has In calves and heiiers from MS STOCK ar,
and has A. Il. Darling, OF the fiftn Avenue hotel
Two sweepstakes prizes, open To all -FOUR cases haNe
been by the managers one or 500 Tor the cow
that can produce tho largest quantity OF milk IN twenty
four consecutive and OF f25Oor the COW whose
milk for twenty-fOur consecutive hours produces the
largest quantity OF butter these tests Will De made
under the supervision OF Dr. sturtevant inc hea OF Tue
New YORK State experimental Station at Geneva Dr.
Gtureyant will also have charge OF all matters OF santa
ton at the Garden during the SHOW.
four prizes arc offered Tor Duter IN purchases,
prints rolls and mOulds; the samples 70 Welgh from Two
10 thirty pound, apiece Six cheese prizes are on the st
and the udgcs may award not eNcertng SZOO lor
fancy sly les or kinds OF chceses Tue dairy lnpc-
mens machines will be entitled 20 certificates or merit
only number special silver plato prizes have been
offered u addition 10 the regular awards by Theodore A.
Hayemeyer. Frederic Bronson, W. L. Douglass L. NJ
Howell, A. II. Darling and A. j. Cassatt
The show will be open mornings, afternoons ana even
ngs and many preparations have been made Tor great
rush OF visitors The NewYOrk Central Railroad has hd,
yertsel dairy display all along It's ne and has offered
excursion rates the week so have the Pennsylvania
the New-York, Lake Eric and Western, the New-1ork
Western and the Jersey Central railroads the oxhlD
itors from all over the NewEngland ana Mluuie
States and "A OF them from the West ITLes on
the various classes Will be announced from uay 10 udy